The item that gives the Supreme Court the ability to resolve policy differences between the branches is judicial review.
The correct answer is judicial review. Judicial review refers to the power of the Supreme Court to review and possibly invalidate actions taken by the legislative and executive branches of government if they are determined to be unconstitutional. The concept of judicial review is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution but was established by the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison in 1803. To arrive at this answer, you can eliminate the other options (writ of mandamus and executive order) as they do not specifically pertain to the Supreme Court's ability to resolve policy differences between the branches.
